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Turkey and Bean Chilli with Rice

Turkey mince browned properly and simmered with beans, tomatoes and smoked paprika until it thickens, over rice.

Turkey and Bean Chilli with Rice. Turkey mince browned properly and simmered with beans, tomatoes and smoked paprika until it thickens, over rice.
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Prep 15 minCook 40 minServes 4

Ingredients

Why metric?

Metric avoids regional spoon ambiguity. US uses 5 mL tsp, 15 mL tbsp and 240 mL cup. Small masses stay in grams unless a verified recipe conversion exists. More on measurements

  • 500 g turkey mince
  • 400 g canned white beans, drained and rinsed
  • 400 g canned no-added-salt tomatoes
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped (200 g)
  • 2 capsicums, diced (300 g)
  • 150 g carrot, finely diced
  • 4 garlic cloves, chopped (20 g)
  • 5 g smoked paprika
  • 3 g chilli powder (pure ground chilli, not a spice blend)
  • 4 g ground cumin
  • 30 g tomato paste
  • 280 g white rice (dry), rinsed
  • 30 ml extra-virgin olive oil (27 g)
  • 300 ml reduced-salt stock, labelled gluten free (300 g)
  • 120 g plain greek-style yoghurt, to serve
  • 2 g iodised table salt
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

Method

  1. Warm the oil in a wide pan over high heat and brown the turkey, breaking it up with a wooden spoon until the grains are fine and no pink is left, about 6 minutes. Poultry mince sets into lumps if you leave it alone, so keep working it.
  2. Add the onion, capsicum and carrot and cook 8 minutes over medium heat until softened.
  3. Stir in the garlic, paprika, chilli, cumin and tomato paste for 1 minute, until the paste darkens.
  4. Add the tomatoes, stock, beans and salt. Crush the tomatoes against the pan, bring to a simmer and cook 25 minutes uncovered, stirring now and then, until thick enough to mound on a spoon.
  5. Meanwhile rinse the rice, put it in a pan with 560 ml water and a tight lid, boil, then cook 12 minutes on the lowest heat and rest 10 minutes off the heat.
  6. Serve the chilli over the rice with a spoonful of yoghurt and plenty of pepper.

Serve

Use a pure ground chilli rather than a composite "chilli powder" blend: the blends are the ones that can carry wheat flour as a bulking agent, and they need a label check.

Tomorrow

Thickens overnight and reheats well; loosen with a splash of water.

Safety and storage

Cook to
74°C / 165°F in the centre (poultry, including minced poultry)
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C

The table gives poultry cuts as 74°C. Minced poultry is taken to the same temperature rather than the 71°C mince figure, because mincing spreads surface bacteria through the whole mass. Colour and clear juices are not a reliable test. Check the thickest part with a thermometer.

Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool and cover within two hours, split large amounts into shallow containers, and reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.

Where these temperatures come from